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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.001 % ± 0.001 %
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz 28.015-28.465 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: < 1.0 μV For 10dB S+N/N
FM: < 0.5 μV For 12dB S+N/N
SSB/CW: < 0.5 μV For 10dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 MHz (AM-1st, SSB)
2nd 455 KHz (AM-2nd)
Image rejection ? ? > 50 dB
Audio output ? 2.5 W at 10% THD 2.5W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz 28.015-28.465 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   AM   FM   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 200 W AM/FM/CW: 9 W RMS, SSB: 25 W PEP

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC nominal ±15%
Current RX ? ? < 1.2 A
TX - ? < 5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 2004 and 201x
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 200 × 60 × 273 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 10.75 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 2.25 kg (5.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 240 channels in 1 bank(s) 240 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? NB/ANL
Echo chamber
AM/FM/SSB/CW
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 RANGER-RCI-000063FFC2 RANGER-SS-003900EGHP